 | 1810 - 558 pages
...goes, And t'other in Good-byeing." ', To ***** *.— HON. RW SPEXCER. From the English Minstrelsy. Too late I staid — forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement... | |
 | Europe - 1810 - 560 pages
...doing goes, And t'other in Good-byeing." To ***** *.— HON. RW SPENCER. From the English Minstrelsy. Too late I staid — forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...foot of Time, ' That only treads on flowers ! What eye-with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which... | |
 | William Robert Spencer - English poetry - 1811 - 262 pages
...To hallow this midnight which closes The year eighteen hundred and six. TO TH« LADY ANNE HAMILTON. Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...noiseless falls the foot of Time, That only treads on flow'rs! W hat eye with clear account remarks Thv cbbiu£ of his glass, Wtuni all its sands are di'mond... | |
 | American periodicals - 1812 - 594 pages
...lines, we deem to be, unequivocall)ythe most elegant specimen of refined and delicate allusion. TO . Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ? Ah ! who to sober measurement... | |
 | Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - 1812 - 572 pages
...!' We cannot forbear adding the beautiful stanzas in page* 166, 167 : ' To the Lady ANNE HAMILTON. ' Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...noiseless falls the foot of Time, That only treads on flow'rs ! ' What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond... | |
 | Richard Clark - Madrigals, English - 1814 - 530 pages
...to make up nine. Peace ! — the charm's wound up. Shakspeare. GLEE for Five Voices. S. WEBBE, Jun. Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...eye, with clear account, remarks The ebbing of his glass ? When all its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass ! Ah ! who to sober measurement,... | |
 | United States - 1814 - 258 pages
...freight unanxious glide. WILLIAM PITT, 1750. FROM THE ENGLISH MINSTRELSY. TOO late I staid...forgive the crime, Unheeded flew the hours, How noiseless...What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, Which dazzle as they pass ! Oh ! who to sober measurement.... | |
 | John Platts - Conduct of life - 1822 - 844 pages
...pleasures QC Society. They appear to have been penned after a return home from the social circle: — Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...noiseless falls the foot of Time, That- only treads on flow'rs ! What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are di'mond... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - English literature - 1824 - 406 pages
...alter, [Love ! That heart is no heart which can live without HON. WR SPENCER. TO LADY ANNE HAMILTON. Too late I staid, forgive the crime, Unheeded flew...What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of his glass, When all its sands are diamond sparks, That dazzle as they pass? Ah ! who- to sober measurement... | |
 | Literature - 1825 - 426 pages
...with William Spencer's beautiful ittle poem — ."' Too late I staid, forgive the crime. Unheeded Hew the hours ; How noiseless falls the foot of time....What eye with clear account remarks The ebbing of the glass; When all its sands are diamond sparks Which dazzle as they pass ? O who to sober measurement... | |
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TOO late I stayed, forgive the crime, — Unheeded flew the hours; How noiseless falls the foot of Time That only treads on flowers! 
